Guest nev_n_angie Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 This place was amazing! It was like something from a post card - white sands - beautiful sunshine - Rain Forest behind........smaill islands dotted outside the bay - lovely! :biggrin: :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JRaj Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Have to agree...heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fatpom Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 This place was amazing! It was like something from a post card - white sands - beautiful sunshine - Rain Forest behind........smaill islands dotted outside the bay - lovely!:biggrin: :wub: "Where the bloody hell is Palm Cove?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nev_n_angie Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 "Where the bloody hell is Palm Cove?" Just up from Cairnes - below Port Douglas! LOVELY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fatpom Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Ohhh? OK ... thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JRaj Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Stayed at the Mango Lagoon resort, very nice. Loved the Reef and the rainforests. Palm Cove is full of health resorts. Port Douglas is a nice little holiday village. A lot of the Hollywood stars stay there (so I've heard). http://www.mangolagoon.com.au/1024x768/home.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest al&nic Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 You can't go to oz without a trip to Far North QLD That coast line from Cairns to Cape Tribulation is my favourite place in the world! I got married in St Mary's by the sea in Port Douglas in 2003 and love it there. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wardy Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 This part of the world will be my new home and I cant wait :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy: Kaye x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Collett Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Agreed. Had a holiday based in Palm Cove a month ago - fantastic place to go for us Victorians at this time of year. Not sure it is quite so pleasant in the wet season though ... Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Couldn't agree more - I actually worked at the Mango Lagoon and lived in the resort for three mongth Dec 05 - Feb 06. Great place for a holiday - and the fishing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Professional Dreamer Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I will be there for a holiday in a couple of weeks, can't wait! PD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fairbloodydinkum Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 if you want to see something totally amazing.... palm cove qld...walk north along the beach..around the rock faces..back onto a smaller beach opening..a little further and you will come across a giant slide of hard volcanic flow..where it comes down the mountain and across the beach..the flow is about a foot or so high..look for an imprint of one foot of a human and one of a horses hoof...one of each..only.... dam, that must have been bloody hot whoever stepped on it way back whenever..:err: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life on easy street Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 "Where the bloody hell is Palm Cove?" I visited palm cove when I was in Queensland five years ago Great beach not to commercialised hope it has not changed. It is about 10k from cairns & there is a bus service from cairns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asylon Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I've been told they found a croc in the stinger net at P C recently. Don't know if it's true or not but there are certainly warnings of crocs patrolling that beach in the local paper. It sure is nice there though. Ax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lisaallen67 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 We lived in Palm Cove for 3 years which was fantastic. There definately was a croc a couple of beaches down when we were there. Fantastic place though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asylon Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 There was one on Trinity beach a couple of months back. My mother in law is holidaying there soon. Wonder if it's still there. I can only hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nev_n_angie Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I visited palm cove when I was in Queensland five years ago Great beach not to commercialised hope it has not changed. It is about 10k from cairns & there is a bus service from cairns Hiya! Just got back from a weekend away in Trinity Beach and re-visited Palm Cove - nothing much has changed on the front in the 4 years since we were last there - beautiful!!!! Although the new builds and property available has increased so much! Still completely in love with the place and - yes - the crocs are around, but not since the rain as the water is not preferable to them when it's cooled by fresh rainfall! Outside of stinger season is the best time to go! Back now in sunny and very HOT Canberra - 31 deg today and warming up! It's supposed to be autumn ) Angie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete.R Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Hi, We spent time in Cairns last year and ended driving up to Palm Cove Most days,if only for a few hours, such a beautiful place, just hope it doesn't get too commercial. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asylon Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Another croc in the stinger net at Trinity on Easter Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nev_n_angie Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Another croc in the stinger net at Trinity on Easter Sunday! Great! We've just bought a unit in Trinity!!!! - I still love it there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Burbage Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Considering that everything south of Mackay in Australia is virtually a desrt, it's a bit hard to complain about the wet season! No water restrictions... I live on the Atherton Tablelands and often go down to the coast. I think the coast north of Cairns is the most fantastic piece of coastline I've ever seen. Great beaches, great fishing, great forest, great reef, fabulous little coastal resorts and no crowds, and you can cool off up on the Tablelandsif you get too hot. We call it paradise. Now... about those stingers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jen28 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I've never been there but a friend of mine has just spent a few nights of her honeymoon up there. It sounds lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WARDStoOZ Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi all...! I went to Palm Cove when I was in Australia in July and loved it...!!! Though, the 'croc' warning sign wasn't too inviting lol Dan xx :emoticon-signxmas: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I have just come back from a lovely holiday in Palm Cove, they were throwing out bargain holidays from Melbourne. We got 7 nights in the nice 5star resort Peppers with return airfares with Virginblue for $1145. What a bargain. Only problem was the humidity, which did get us a bit, and also it is 'stinger' season, so on the beachfront you have to swim between the flags with the lifeguard on duty there (which is a good thing to do at all Aussie beaches anyway). We hired a car, a little Hyundai Getz, for around $40 a day, and we drove up the Captain Cook Highway from Cairns, then onto Palm Cove (around 30 mins), then up to Port Douglas and onto Cape Tribulation. Also visited the Daintree Rainforest Tour, which is superb, you can see a few crocodiles in certain seasons. The sound of the rainforest is unbelievable when you are on it on the boat, and all the wildlife is amazing, tree snakes, birds, etc. The only thing is the heat though, we waited till 4pm to do the tour, as it was a little more overcast then and we didn't have the sun beating down on us! It was perfect on the boat. Well worth a visit if you are going to Queensland, a bit further up than the Gold Coast/Sunshine Coast, but well worth the visit. If you are staying in the resorts on Palm Cove, the only thing that we found was there were some fantastic eating places, and others not so great. I guess in Qld there is more of a 'laid back' service in some places than what I am used to in Melbourne but you can find the ones you like. Cocky's Cafe found it hard to get me some butter, so covered my raisin toast with margarine without asking. Very laid back there, don't talk a great deal to the tourists, but they seem to survive!!! There is a superb place on the beach front next door to Peppers Resort called Bella Baci and their food is superb, also another place down the street upstairs called Casmar. The front of house guy there is fantastic, the chef is great, and they are very welcoming to tourists. There were quite a few Brits there when I was eating there. cheers Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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